bSee 1 Sam. 9:7
kSee 1 Sam. 17:43
2 Kings 8:8-15
8the king said to aHazael, b“Take a present with you and go to meet the man of God, cand inquire of the Lord through him, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this sickness?’” 9So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, all kinds of goods of Damascus, forty camels’ loads. When he came and stood before him, he said, d“Your son Ben-hadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this sickness?’” 10And Elisha said to him, e“Go, say to him, ‘You shall certainly recover,’ but ▼▼Some manuscripts say, ‘You shall certainly not recover,’ for
the Lord has shown me that ghe shall certainly die.” 11And he fixed his gaze and stared at him, huntil he was embarrassed. And the man of God wept. 12And Hazael said, “Why does my lord weep?” He answered, “Because I know ithe evil that you will do to the people of Israel. You will set on fire their fortresses, and you will kill their young men with the sword jand dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women.” 13And Hazael said, “What is your servant, kwho is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?” Elisha answered, l“The Lord has shown me that you are to be king over Syria.” 14Then he departed from Elisha and came to his master, who said to him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he answered, “He told me mthat you would certainly recover.” 15But the next day he took the bed cloth ▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
and dipped it in water and spread it over his face, till he died. And Hazael became king in his place. Isaiah 58:1-2
True and False Fasting
1 “Cry aloud; do not hold back;olift up your voice like a trumpet;
pdeclare to my people their transgression,
to the house of Jacob their sins.
2 qYet they seek me daily
and delight to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that did righteousness
and did not forsake the judgment of their God;
they ask of me righteous judgments;
they delight to draw near to God.
Jeremiah 21:1-2
Jerusalem Will Fall to Nebuchadnezzar
1This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when King Zedekiah sent to him rPashhur the son of Malchiah and sZephaniah the priest, the son of tMaaseiah, saying, 2 u“Inquire of the Lord for us, vfor Nebuchadnezzar ▼▼Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, an alternate spelling of Nebuchadnezzar (king of Babylon) occurring frequently from Jeremiah 21–52; this latter spelling is used throughout Jeremiah for consistency
king of Babylon is making war against us. Perhaps the Lord will deal with us according to xall his wonderful deeds and will make him withdraw from us.” Jeremiah 37:1-3
Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah
1 yZedekiah the son of Josiah, zwhom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah, reigned instead of aaConiah the son of Jehoiakim. 2 abBut neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the Lord that he spoke through Jeremiah the prophet.3King Zedekiah sent acJehucal the son of adShelemiah, and aeZephaniah the priest, the son of afMaaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “Please agpray for us to the Lord our God.”
Jeremiah 37:9-10
9Thus says the Lord, Do not deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will surely go away from us,” for they will not go away. 10 ahFor even if you should defeat the whole army of Chaldeans who are fighting against you, and there remained of them only wounded men, every man in his tent, they would rise up and aiburn this city with fire.’”Jeremiah 37:17
17King Zedekiah sent for him and received him. The king questioned him ajsecretly in his house and said, “Is there any word from the Lord?” Jeremiah said, “There is.” Then he said, ak“You shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”Ezekiel 33:30-32
30“As for you, alson of man, amyour people who talk together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, say to one another, each to his brother, ‘Come, and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord.’ 31 anAnd they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for aowith lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain. 32And behold, you are to them like one who sings lustful songs with a beautiful voice and applays ▼▼Hebrew like the singing of lustful songs with a beautiful voice and one who plays
well on an instrument, for arthey hear what you say, but they will not do it.
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